Example sentences of "but [conj] [pron] saw " in BNC.
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| 1 | The people did not see the two youths — but if they saw them now they say they would lynch them . |
| 2 | Eva could be snobby , that was obvious , but if I saw something , or heard a piece of music , or visited a place , I would n't be content until Eva had made me see it in a certain way . |
| 3 | But if I Saw Three Ships was in there because it was one of the few in six eight time . |
| 4 | you know , and so I avoided her , but I would tell her , but if I saw her I would say Jenny I must admit I did see you going in The General but I did n't come out because I was so upset , but I , I wonder what she 's doing , cos she , I heard she 's got her own business , but I ca n't see that . |
| 5 | I took singing lessons , too , and I actually sang in a couple of films , but if you saw the films you 'd see why I 'm not in musicals . |
| 6 | We have a vague description , but if you saw her close up and could tell us , it would help the police . |
| 7 | But if you saw him running for the bus , he would go blue in the face and collapse on to the bus . |
| 8 | It was just that people saying things like that reminded me of one of my all-time favourite cartoons where Dr Watson is saying to Sherlock Holmes : ‘ But if you saw the conditions these Moriartys had to live in , you would n't be so quick to judge . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ But if you saw how miserable my poor Georg is , and how he has upset Suzi , to say nothing of my friends the Hoflins … well , I shall find it very difficult to be nice to him . ’ |
| 10 | But if you saw their scorching live performance of Leave Them All Behind on Top of the Pops a few weeks ago then there was little else here to be surprised at . |
| 11 | But if anyone saw it , they 'll remember . " |
| 12 | You will say I ought to have informed you I would not part with the boy in such circumstances as you had taken trouble to describe but until I saw the girl I was not sure in my own mind what to do and only made it up when confronted with her and not taking to her at all . |
| 13 | Oh , they 'd told me , but until I saw you I could n't believe it . |
| 14 | Not because he wanted to set up a model village , but because he saw that with the employment he was generating at Bournville out in the Worcestershire countryside , speculative builders would come in and put up very inferior dwellings if he did n't take a hand . |
| 15 | ‘ My dear Kegan , you know as well as I do that you came in on my side of the fence not out of some great disinterested love of science — you do n't know what science is all about ! — but because you saw a hope of personal glory in it ! |
| 16 | I looked and I looked ; but while I saw similarities ( the forehead , the set of the eyes ) , while I could understand that other people might take them for mother and daughter , it did n't work for me . |
| 17 | But when they saw me walking out of the sea , they welcomed me warmly with cries of astonishment and delight . |
| 18 | But when they saw Paul Holloway walking towards them in a Bournemouth park they began shouting that he looked like Boris Becker and began jostling him . |
| 19 | ‘ They were initially very polite , but when they saw three of the South African players walk in , the situation turned nasty and scuffles broke out . |
| 20 | ‘ But when we saw the tape we realised they were n't world beaters after all . |
| 21 | She says the setting is lovely , but when we saw hime at the Albert Hall he was superb — he 's not as good this evening . |
| 22 | I 'd heard that American Music Club were something wonderful , but when I saw them at the Grand in Clapham recently , I was n't that impressed . |
| 23 | ‘ At first I could not believe it , but when I saw it hanging on the wall of this house , I was flabbergasted , ’ he said . |
| 24 | I had n't known him when he had left for Britain , but when I saw him I somehow knew that he was my father . |
| 25 | But when I saw Bullitt , I thought , ‘ This was n't the script either , it was all in the director 's head . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ But when I saw them I could n't believe how clean they were — and they 'd recovered all the pieces . |
| 27 | But when I saw it tonight I had just struggled as far as the road . |
| 28 | College was dull , we covered the basics and then did a bit of everything — I hated portraiture , architectural and food shots — all the commercially viable stuff — but when I saw his work it struck a chord . |
| 29 | College was dull , we covered the basics and then did a bit of everything — I hated portraiture , architectural and food shots — all the commercially viable stuff — but when I saw his work it struck a chord . |
| 30 | They trusted me enough to allow me into their ranks , but when I saw what they were planning I knew that the only answer was to destroy them , expose them . |